Tag: water sharing

India interested to finance Teesta project: Hasan

- United News of Bangladesh -

India has expressed interest to finance Bangladesh's Teesta project, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said Thursday. "You know we have taken on a big project on Teesta. India wants to finance this project. It will have to be implemented in line with our needs. We want to see our needs fulfilled," Foreign

Getting Kushiyara water is a big success: Quader

- Times Report -

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ongoing visit to India has been successful. Quader said this at a dialogue organized by Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters' Forum (BSRF) at the Secretariat's Media Center in the capital on Wednesday. He cited the agreement on sharing the

Dhaka, Delhi sign 7 MoUs

- United News of Bangladesh -

Bangladesh and India on Tuesday signed seven MoUs demonstrating cooperation in a number areas including water sharing of the Kushiyara River . One of the signed MoUs is withdrawal of 153 cusec water from the Kushiyara River by Bangladesh under upper Surma-Kushiyara project, Sylhet via Rahmipur Another MoU was signed between

Key to transboundary governance in the Meghna river basin?

- Rafiqul Islam -

Kajol Miah is a rice farmer from the Bangladesh side of the Meghna River Basin. And in towns on the Indian side of the river basin, Bangladeshi rice is in great demand. The example is a simple one that highlights the concept of benefit sharing between riparian countries. Benefit sharing goes